{"product_id":"cornish-horrors-tales-from-the-lands-end-9780712353991","title":"Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land's End","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the Cornish woods, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed the crime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange and Gothic tales set in Cornwall, \u003ci\u003eCornish Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rich folklore and traditions of the county in a journey through mines, local mythology, shipwrecks, seascapes, and the coming of the railway and tourism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With tales by horror luminaries such as Bram Stoker, Poe, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, this edition also features a host of underappreciated writers such as F. Tennyson Jesse and Margery Williams - said to be a strong influence on Lovecraft's writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Passey\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher and researcher at the University of Bristol specializing in transhistorical Gothic fiction. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eCornish Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, is upcoming with University of Wales Press and she has previously published on Ann Radcliffe, Wilkie Collins, and Shirley Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626667086098,"sku":"9780712353991","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9312e366-fa5f-41e1-b2a1-e2a6ca89064d.jpg?v=1732665093","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cornish-horrors-tales-from-the-lands-end-9780712353991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}